Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-19
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Gathered Here and There in Goth
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womar'-- exalted on a pedestal tor
maso c'771e suoraJion. 1t seemed an ordi-
nary hit OF feminine headeear, high
enough to satisfy the modern deVotees OF
towers o., Babel, black, somewhat after
the Alpine order. aud with the usual
mass of ribbon bows and ends in front.
NOTING the direction of my curious gaze
an explanation was vouchsafed me in
chorus by the half dozen guardians in
charge. 1t needed but the touching of
spring within that jauuty and heaven
aspiring hat and instantly, before my
eyes, 1t sank fiat as a ancaKe, unObtTu-
siye q : sheet OF paper. | mad CHANGED
upon specimen of the new crush hat
the adY's opera hat they call it-whlch
AN Ingenious Frenchmau has devised FOR
the convenience of the sex. and which,
fresh from Paris had been placed on eXhi-
btiun to be the cvnosure of mems eyes
and not altogether unregarded, it was
hoped, by those OF women. The leading
millIners, so its sangulne sponsors pro-
claim, will soon he selling this latest
boom TO suffering humanity, and crush
hat Will be one Of those articles which no
self-resUecting woman's wardrobe can
be without. The crush hat, when it goes
TO- the theatre upon my lady's head, Is
and until its owner is settled comfortably
in her seat. She is theu to remove it,
press it's spring and place it in her lap,
where 1t will prove hardly more burden
some than her lorgnette. The springs
within are of precisely the same sort as
those employed IN mems opera hats which
have been in use for years. Ii a really
capahle mlliner would seize upon the
idealand work it out to its full possibilities,
there would seem no reason why the W O.
mans opera hat should not meet with
equal success.
1t is only by the adoption of this or
some similar device that the hat problem
can ever be solved. Manager FrOhman's
efforts 10 cajole the feminine part of his
audiences into a cloak room to check their
ekv-kissing beadgear are heroic, but they
will be Ruthless. The delay before the
performance is obstacle enough, but the
weary standing in line after the curtain
has fallen on the fifth act makes it we'll
nigh insuperabIe. A hat that is no more
troublesome TO care for than the mascu-
line chapeau must first be cOntIlved, and
then New York women will not prove OBJ
durate about the wearing of it. Mean
while bow many theatre-gOers Of the bon
neted sex will not join with Miss Glider
in demanding the redress OF grievance
of at least equal magnitude commonly
overlooked? An evenings entertain
ment for a woman involves the necessity
of sitting patiently for two or three hours
without much change OF attitude, while
at the end of each act from SIX to doz n
men crowd by her for turn in the lobby
or a visit to the bar, pushing back again
in season TO spoil the first moments OF the
fresh scene, redOleGt with smoke, cloves or
coffee beans, of which she gets the full
benefit if they beg her pardon as they
walk over her feet. This is nuisance to
which women ought not to be called upon
to submit.
Iran across one of New York's leading
modstts at a dry goods counter the
other day, her brow wrinklcd with per-
plexity IN the effort to eide between
hall dozen shades of silk thatlay IN shin
ing folds before her.
sit is surprsing.' she said to me, chow
American women b we improved in taste
within the past teA years. They are now
more eXacting than the French"
Madame - ought to know whereof
she speaks, for her Partisan experience
is longer than Der American.
Women insist now on harmony OF
tones as il they We're art sts," she went
on, land a perfect match or an artistic
conu asst. instead OF the something near
enough to answer that used TO satisfy
them. They study their competitions and
their figures, too, and won't take thing
that is fashionable unless it is also be-
COMING"
New York women are certainly better
looking than they used to be, but good
deal of tina: is to be attributed, not 10 bet
ter taste in dress, but TO the fact that good
health aud ROSY cheeks-the result Of
much out OF door eXnTcise-are now the
correct thing, lady like" pallor having
quite gone by.
Dr.. Hedges characterization of "Uncle
Toms CABIN" in a recent article of the
Forum, as "once famous but now forgot
ton book" hardly agrees with the vote
taken upon the question of the most pop
ular American authors at New York
WOman's club the other day. | was sur
prised on tnat occasion TO see vote after
vote piled up Tor Mrs. Stowe, until in the
list of five names submitted by each W0-
man present. hers was not in single in
stance wanting. Mentioning the subject
to a bookseller the other day, he assured
me that the sales of ~ ncle TOMS Cabin"
still average well, and that 1t might sur
prise DR.. Hedge to hear that 10000 copies
bad been sold of the popular 81 edition
published last year.
The novelties OF the winter in the Jew
eIrv line are taking, many OF them, odd
reptilian aud insect forms more curious
than agreeable. | was shown the other
day necklace whose clasp was huge
green frog, while the several links were
formed by iongtailed tadpoles. A pin
for the HAIR is composed of bunch OF
cherries on one OF which slug is rest
Ing, his trail of slime plainly marked be-
hind him. A belle OF TWO seasons reign
Ing has just had made bracelet from